Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – (AFP) Burkina Faso’s army has freed a Polish man held hostage by suspected jihadists, Communications Minister Valerie Kabore announced on Wednesday. “The defence ministry was able to free a hostage of Polish origin who was kidnapped on the Matiakoali-Kantchari road on April 27… while he was o...
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP) People in Senegal heeded a call by the country’s main opposition to bang on saucepans and honk their car horns on Thursday, in a noisy protest ahead of next month’s elections. A day after the opposition said it would halt street protests and take part in the July 31 legislative vote, […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military government has adopted an electoral calendar for the transition to constitutional rule, with the presidential election set for February 2024, government spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga announced Thursday. According to the roadmap, the presidential election will be preceded by a referendum on the new Cons...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s military conducted airstrikes in Zamfara state, “neutralizing” dozens of gang members, the Defense Ministry said late Thursday. Bernard Onyeuko, the deputy spokesman for the ministry, said aerial raids dubbed “Operation Hadin Kai” targeted gang elements in the Bakura region and 82 armed gang members were killed....
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigerian state government in Jigawa confirmed Thursday that a citizen duped villages into demolishing mosques after assuring them his “foreign non-profit organization NGO” would build newer, larger structures. Abba Haruna, 21, allegedly sold items he received from the mosques in the rural state in northern Nigeri...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Five people were killed in protests Thursday demanding the reversal of the military takeover in Sudan, according to a local medical group. The fatalities occurred as security forces used violence against protesters in Omdurman, the Central Committee of the Sudanese Doctors said in a statement. It said dozens of dem...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – UN special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has said she will recommend alternative ways to move stalled talks in light of continued differences between rivals. In a statement following a meeting in Geneva between the presidents of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh and High Council of State, Khaled al-...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – The chairperson of the African Union Commission on Wednesday called on both Sudan and Ethiopia to refrain from military escalation over the al-Fashqa border area. Al Fashqa, a northern border triangle between Ethiopia, Sudan and Eritrea, has been a disputed territory for over a decade between Sudan and Ethiop...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Sudan has said that it is exercising self-restraint amid ongoing tension with Ethiopia over the killing of seven Sudanese soldiers. “The government’s duty is to defend its territory and citizens,” Foreign Ministry undersecretary Dafallah Al-Hajj Ali said in a statement carried by the state news agency SUNA. “Sudan i...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Twenty bodies of people believed to be migrants were found in Libya’s desert close to the border with Chad, according to the Libyan authorities on Wednesday. In a statement, the Ambulance Service said the bodies were found inside a pickup truck 310 kilometers south of Kufra city. It said the truck […]
